Archive | Football
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With new jerseys and all, Mizzou completes Black and Gold Game
College football spring games typically serve as a preamble to the regular season games played five months later in the fall.
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Column: Arkansas coach’s lies offer life lesson
George Washington once said, “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” If only this advice had been delivered to Bobby Petrino. Petrino, the head football coach at U. Arkansas, was fired on Monday for hiring his mistress and misleading the university about his relationship with her.
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Fisher can expect big things in year three at Florida State
“In Jimbo we trust” has become a rally cry for the Florida State student body when supporting the Seminole football team—and rightfully so. Now entering his third season as head coach of the football team, Jimbo Fisher has experienced regular and post season success.
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Editorial: Petrino terminated after completed review by Long
Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino was fired Tuesday night after athletic director Jeff Long concluded his review and released shocking information to the public about the nature of the motorcycle crash and the events surrounding the Petrino scandal.
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Petrino out at Arkansas
Bobby Petrino is out as Arkansas’ football coach.Director of Athletics Jeff Long announced the decision Tuesday night to terminate Petrino’s contract effective immediately after a five-day review of Petrino’s April 1 motorcycle accident and the revelation that Petrino withheld information about...
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Column: Arkansas could be in lose-lose situation
Jeff Long used the word review 18 times during his Thursday press conference. That’s what the Arkansas athletic director has been in the middle of since news broke late last week that football coach Bobby Petrino withheld information about his April 1 motorcycle accident.
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Column: Gregg Williams tapes should be a tipping point for football fans
A few weeks ago, when we were still talking about Rush Limbaugh and his latest case of verbal diarrhea, late night talk show host Bill Maher wrote a thought-provoking op-ed in The New York Times titled, “Please Stop Apologizing.
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Arkansas football program in limbo amidst Petrino scandal
It’s a waiting game now. Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino is on indefinite paid administrative leave until athletic director Jeff Long completes his review of the situation surrounding Petrino’s April 1 motorcycle accident and the aftermath of the accident.
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Urban Meyer changing the atmosphere for the Ohio State football program
Coach Urban Meyer has brought a new feel to the Ohio State football program. During the spring drills, Meyer and his assistants have hammered in the idea of winners and losers during spring drills and the atmosphere of practice has changed as a result.